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Will there be an autism registry? What we know after NIH drops plans for vast data platform
An HSS official told USA TODAY that the department is not creating an autism registry, but is pursuing the real-world data ...
U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent
Administration health officials walked back a plan to register people with autism after criticism from scientists, privacy ...
RFK Jr. Wants an Autism ‘Registry.’ People Are Pissed
It's just the latest announcement from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. to anger the autism community.
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RFK Jr’s Major Autism Study to Use Private Health Records
NIH Director Dr Jay Bhattacharya announced plans for centralizing and expanding the NIH's access to patient data.
NIH promises major autism updates ‘within next year’ despite RFK Jr.’s September goal
The NIH study will seek to identify what external environmental factors could be helping to drive rising autism rates.
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U.S. Health department denies plans for autism registry despite NIH director's comments
In a Monday council meeting, the head of the National Institute of Health said they are creating a new National Disease ...
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No new autism registry, HHS says, walking back NIH director’s claim
The federal health department is not creating a new registry of Americans with autism, an HHS official said Thursday.
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HHS walks back Bhattacharya claim of new autism database
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin work on a comprehensive federal database of patient records to study ...
'Cause of the rise in autism, a question scientists scared to ask': Jay Bhattacharya, NIH Director Nominee
A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative, spearheaded by US Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to compile ...
US health officials seek to phase out artificial dyes from the food supply
U.S. health officials say they'll urge foodmakers to phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation’s food supply.
Trump administration restores funding for major women’s health study
The Trump administration has reversed course and restored financial support for a decades-old study on women’s health. The National Institutes of Health launched the study, called the ...